Pledge by Jordan Bardella, who aims to become prime minister in the election on 7 July, draws sharp criticism
to bar dual nationals from certain state jobs in France has been criticised by the left and centrists who say it is a taste of broader discrimination that could be implemented if the party comes to power in snap elections.if the party wins an absolute majority in parliament on 7 July, announced this week that people with dual nationality would be excluded from “the most strategic posts of state”, which would be reserved for French citizens.
The left said that the symbolic measure showed an intention to sort people by nationality, background or culture. They pointed to a proposed law published by Le Pen in January, when she was an MP, in which she suggested a constitutional change to prevent dual nationals from accessing jobs in state administration, state companies and public service missions.on Tuesday there was no measure defended by Le Pen or Bardella “that refers to people in terms of their religion on presumed origins”.
She wrote: “Like many of you, I’m living with the pain and anguish of this serious and uncertain electoral period. I’m addressing all the French people who will never be French enough for the RN: those who have obtained French nationality, those who are dual nationals … those born and living infor decades, children of immigrants, French from overseas , who never have the right first name, the right religion, the right skin colour for the far right.
She said Le Pen’s proposed law in January that barred dual nationals from some public jobs amounted to “the refusal to see the children of immigrants in public positions”.saying his party had been unfairly “caricatured” and that “French people of foreign origin” who “work and respect the law” had nothing to fear.
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